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WILLIAM WEST, OF HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

FLOORING-CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 8, 1915, Serial No. 6,780. Renewed March 3,1917. Serial No. 152,438. 7

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Wear, a citizen of Finland, residing atHoquiam, in the county of Chehalis and State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Flooring-Clamps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in flooring clamps and its objectis to produce a device of this class that is simple inv construction,cheap to manufacture and efficient in operation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed in the following specification, pointed out in the claim andillustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of saidspecification and in which Figure 1 is a plan view-of the tool in use.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating another roller.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the tool.

Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the use of another roller.

Fig. 5 is a section taken on line5-5 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 6 is a side view of the tool provided with another type of roller.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one form of roller employed.

Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 88 of Fig. 3.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The reference character l'designates the handle of the tool which isprovided with the head 2 which is curved from its center toward itspointed end 3 and which terminates in a bifurcated heel 4 at itsopposite end. The heel 4 is adapted to receive the transverse shaft orpin 5 that carries any one of the rollers 6, 7 which are positioned inthe bifurcated portion of said heel. The roller 6 is formed with agrooved periphery 9, corrugated edge 8 and with a plurality ofdepressions 9 arranged in a circle any one of which is adapted toreceive the end of a locking pin 10 that extends through an aperture 11in one side of the bifurcated copies of this patent may be obtained forlocked in an adjusted position when desired- It will be noticed that thepoint 3 of the head falls outside a plane passed through Patented Oct.9, ran.

the longitudinal center of the head so that in usethepoint is embeddedin one of the stringers 14 of the floor and the grooved periphery of theroller placed in engagement with the tenon of a piece of flooring beinglaid to force the piece of flooring into close engagement with the piecejust previously laid, the corrugated edge 8 of the roller engaging theedge of the piece of flooring. By pressing upon the handle 1 of the toolin this position the point 3 disposed below the level of the flooringand in engagement with the stringer will act as a pivot to permit theroller to be firmly,

pressed against the flooring. The roller 7 illustrated in Figs. 1, 4, 5and 7 is formed with a bead 15 which is adapted'to be inserted in themortise of a piece of flooring to press the same into close engagementwith the piece of flooring-previously laid; the use of the rollers 6 or7 will depend upon whether the flooring islaid'from right to left orvice versa.

What is claimed is A floor clamp comprising a handle, a head carried bysaid handle and disposed at right angles thereto and having one endcurved and tapered to a point and its opposite, end bifurcated, atransverse'pin connecting the prongs of said bifurcated end, a rollerarranged upon said pin as a center and formed with a plurality ofperforations arranged in a circle about said pin, a leaf'spring carriedby said head and a locking pin carried by said leaf spring and passingthrough one prong of said head for releasable engagement with any one'ofthe perforated portions of said roller.

In testimony that Iv claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. WEST.

Witnesses SAMUEL IBBITsoN, JOHN MATTSON.

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